All Law Gazette articles in Archive – Page 1276
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Mental illness – a death sentence in China
Acupuncture and herbal remedies – that’s what Chinese medicine means to most of us. But now the Beijing government has come up with a new form of medication. It’s a cure for bipolar disorder, it’s permanent and it takes just seconds to administer.
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Costly choice
In his Euro blog last week, Jonathan Goldsmith could barely hide his excitement following the judgment by the European Court of Justice in the Eschig case, in which it was held that a clause in an Austrian legal expenses policy did not in fact allow...
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New information commissioner Christopher Graham has much to do
The new information commissioner, Christopher Graham, took up his post in June this year. Mr Graham previously ran the Advertising Standards Authority. One of his main challenges will be to tackle the lengthy backlog of cases that his office (the ICO) has been struggling with.
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Surge in unfair dismissal claims puts tribunals under strain
Lawyers are witnessing a huge surge in unfair dismissal claims which is leading them to expand their employment teams but is also placing a severe strain on the tribunal system. Figures released by the Tribunals Service last week showed that unfair dismissal claims rose 29% to ...
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Collaborative law a success for divorcing couples, says judge
Collaborative law has proved a huge success for divorcing couples and could soon be extended into the commercial arena, one of the UK’s most senior judges said last week. Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, a justice of the Supreme Court, said the number of collaborative lawyers practising ...
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Commitment to human rights must be preserved through next general election
By John Wadham, the legal director of the Equality and Human Rights Commission As we hurtle towards a general election, the time is ripe to reflect on the attitudes of the major parties to human rights. In July 2007 the government announced that it would ...
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PII – the debate continues
I have a great idea. Lets go back to the Solicitors Indemnity Fund model. I recall a friend and council member at the time telling me that voting to go to the market and leave the SIF was like a turkey voting for Christmas. How right she was. I followed ...
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Homme d’affaires
I suppose it is the function of influential thinktanks to take away one’s breath. The College of Law’s Legal Services Policy Institute (‘Scrap training contracts’, see [2009] Gazette, 24 September, 1) certainly does that. New entrants to the profession are overqualified? I don’t think so.
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UN to help developing nations negotiate with western projects lawyers
Lawyers in developing countries could be given help when negotiating investment deals with City project lawyers under a UN initiative to bolster their bargaining power when human rights are at stake.
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Employment
Age discrimination – Retirement age R (on the application of AGE UK) (claimant) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills (defendant) & (1) Equality & Human Rights Commission (2) HM Attorney General (intervenors): QBD (Admin) (Mr Justice ...
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In-house interview: how ITV is rewriting its role with external firms
Barry Matthews works in TV. He is also a solicitor. Matthews is legal affairs director of ITV’s brand and commercial unit, part of a 90-strong legal team providing support for one of the most heavily regulated businesses in the land.
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Software glitch
The new lasting power of attorney forms have been made available by the Office of the Public Guardian. Unfortunately, they have specifically blocked the ability for the practitioner to save the document and thus be able to amend it after minor errors have been found.
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Legal process outsourcing is ‘here to stay’
Legal process outsourcing (LPO) is ‘here to stay’ and attracting interest from investors, a leading practitioner claimed last week. Mark Lewis, head of outsourcing at City firm Berwin Leighton Paisner, said there are ‘a number of private equity providers knocking around the City offering quite a ...
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High-flyers
When is a joke about disability and cruelty to animals acceptable? Answer: when it’s cracked by John Trundle, chief executive of charity Blind in Business. Trundle was welcoming guests to his An Eye for Talent project, aimed at helping law firms and others meet talented blind and partially sighted young ...
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HIP overhaul
With a general election approaching, there is much talk about creating a genuinely sustainable alternative to home information packs (HIPs). Attention seems to be focusing on ‘building on HIPS’ and introducing a mandatory legal pack which, it is claimed, will bring about a faster and more certain homebuying process.
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Knock knock
The annual conference of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) may seem an unlikely setting for joviality given the situation endured by many in the face of continued fee cuts. But, you’ve got to laugh, as they say. And Obiter was pleased to see this was something even the legal ...
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Memory lane
Clarence Darrow, a famous American attorney once spoke for twelve hours and a letter concerning discrimination against female articled clerks. Law Society’s Gazette, October 1959 ...
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Lost for words
A senior lecturer has called on lawyers to abandon complex expressions that are ‘more complicated than they need to be’ [see [2009] Gazette, 1 October, 1].
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Rhymes and misdemeanours
The Gazette continues to atone for the sin of describing conveyancing and probate as ‘prosaic’ by featuring your poems on said disciplines. This week probate solicitor Elainne Lawrie, late of collapsed Wirral firm Lees Lloyd Whitley, on ‘dealing with the deceased’: ...